His Face; My Ware

This 'street artist' sells portraits, but his face has become my 'ware'

which I am purveying here. Your ratings and critiques are invited and

most welcome. If you rate this harshly or very critically, please submit

a helpful and constructive comment; please share your superior

photographic knowledge to help improve my photography. Thanks!

Enjoy! John

I love it! Obviously he's a talented artist. He also looks like a member of ACDC. Nice work, you caught him doing his thing.

Just wait a while and watch.

 

But they're always looking at their subjects.

 

I was focused on this guy and a friend called to him, he turned, and I nailed the shot.

 

The key to getting a shot like this is to frame it first -- to place him within the portraits in the background -- then to wait for some sort of unusual motion or movement on his part, which happened here which allowed me to release my shutter and get the brief moment.

 

The faces are static; his is dynamic; they're all looking forward; his entire body is turned for his portrait for me, for a form of contrast with the portraits behind him.

 

Thanks for the kind comment.

 

John (Crosley)

 

 

 

 

Excellent B&W in this scene of the street...

Thank you very much.

 

This photo was taken after sundown with the Nikon D300 and one of my mainstay lenses -- a 70~200 mm f 2.8 V.R. E.D. mode -- a Nikon classic which may be getting a new redo this month. (retailers say they are 'out' and there's an issue with 'vignetting' with the new full-frame digital cameras, so people say -- I have no such issue with a reduce-crop sensor camera.

 

Thanks again,Ann for taking the time to let me know your viewpoint.

 

John (Crosley)

it seems to me that this work and others of the last ones you shot are composed in a very classic, sharp way that is very pleasant and interesting to explore. I find myself wondering what was the ISO on this one? Thank you John, Giuseppe

Fine shot.

with regards

A very nice shot, John! Best regards, Ruud.

Spent a lot of time watching your street pics today, I totally like them and this one is just the umpteent proof you have a great "eye"... Congrats!

P.S. he really looks Brian Johnson alike :-)

I was just browsing old shos and looking for something that I'd missed and said to myself 'why not this one' and so I worked it up for posting.

 

I'm very glad I did.

 

Maybe I should review my less apparent shots more often .. . .

 

Thanks.

 

John (Crosley)

I always sit up and take notice when I get a favorable comment from you.

 

Thanks.

 

John (Crosley)

Thanks for the nice compliment about my 'eye'. I suppose you mean the singer for AC/DC, not the baseball player.

 

Probably it's intentional . . . . good marketing . . . . if this guy wants people to stop, especially young women. And he does!

 

Best to you.

 

John (Crosley)

John, you wrote: I was just browsing old shots and looking for something that I'd missed and said to myself 'why not this one' and so I worked it up for posting.

???

Because we all change and when we have a look again, you see . . . . .

with greetings

And by those standards, I maybe could stop photographing and keep posting for maybe a year or more . . . and nobody would even know, I think.

 

Thanks for responding.

 

John (Crosley)

.. I know that urge to take this kind of shots, but mostly - they end in just re-taking of someone else work.. sometimes, it is working, mostly - like here - not..

for me

Which are on nearly total accord with my best tastes, based on your recent choices and spare comments.

 

However, some photos are not 100% artistic successes but are OK nonetheless and this is one of them. but there is a reason this went weeks before it got processed, and since you have found some of my 'secret' very best stuff (out there in full view but mostly undiscovered), you can guess why it 'languished'.

 

Best wishes.

 

We both know the truth, but photography isn't about taking a 100% genius shot every time; although I'm certainly surprised at high rates on this shot.

 

Again, we both know the truth,and that's enough.

 

John (Crosley)

Ansel Adams lived nearby (where I am presently) and many knew him. He was not rich and sometimes he had to take commercial assignments to feed hungry mouths.

 

That didn't make him any less an artist, now did it?

 

The Westons (the whole family) also is familiar to many older folks near where I am staying; they earned scant reward during the elder Weston's lifetime. He could have used some commercial work.

 

I recall a story where Edward Weston owed a landlord for rent (or some such), and he was preparing to trade a photograph or two for partial rent.

 

And the landlord it is said when he was offered a photo he really didn't like said to himself as Weston rummaged through possible prints to offer the landlord in trade 'oh god,I hope he doesn't offer me that pepper. . . . . "

 

;~))))

 

It's told and printed as a true story.

 

I doubt that Brett Weston or Cole Weston ever got rich off of photography either.

 

Lord knows I've sold one photo in 35 years,so you know I'm not, (though I'm hoping to,and for pretty high prices, too, and to a sophisticated audience --encouraged by those who work with galleries and in the 'fine arts',as you may have read here).

 

Best wishes.

 

And remember, this may be one of my 'peppers' - you don't like it, but it may be a 'signature' photo to others.

 

(alas, I hope not.)

 

John (Crosley)